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Fun Fun Fun Fest Preview: The Promise Ring

October 23, 2012 nathan.lankford Leave a comment

It’s two weeks away from one of our favorite festivals, if not, our favorite Austin festival, so it’s time to take a look at some of the acts we’re really anticipating taking the stage. Â For me, the first nostalgic nod has to go to the Promise Ring. Â Yeah, I was 17 during their hey-day, so it makes perfect sense that I would have fallen in love with their music, labeled as emo at the time (though with no association to the current range of emo). Â Their highlight, in my eyes, definitely has to be Very Emergency. Â Whether you want to label it with a genre or not, it was a great pop record, and one that still holds a special place in my heart. Â Unfortunately, I never had the chance to catch the group live, as I was living in Oklahoma (the land of no shows) during my peak of adoration, so I’m overly excited to see these guys. Â Glad Transmission got them to break out and bring the rock. Â Whether you’re nostalgic or just curious, this is a must see band for my two cents.

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Download:The Promise Ring – Happiness Is All The RageÂ [MP3]

They’ll be playing Sunday on the Orange Stage at 6:05 PM.

FT5: Second Wave Emo Records

January 23, 2009 nathan.lankford 17 comments

Looking back at my sad excuse for a life, I realize that my obsession with music had to begin at some point. I flirted with metal, as I alluded to last week, but mostly I found my love in classic California pop music and punk rock. Along the way, I meandered a bit off the path, as most did during the late nineties. Where did I land?Â I landed in the wonderful world of emo. Sure, you’re thinking that I shopped at Hot Topic and couldn’t get Fall Out Boy out of my head, but I’m talking about the predecessors to the entire scene; well, the predecessors of the predecessors. I’ve devoted this week’s Top 5 to my one true love, emo. We’ll call it my Pop 5 Emo Records, and the countdown is after the jump.